When Brent Ogburn joined us on The Sober Curator podcast, he talked openly about channeling his personal recovery journey into…
Browsing: addiction on screen
Dearest Sober Reader, If you’re searching for a salacious distraction to carry you through the winter months, I should think…
The Dark Side of Addiction … and the Light at the End of the Tunnel I started writing this piece…
There’s a moment in this conversation when filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty describes parents walking out of his documentary screenings with tears in their eyes…
Television loves addiction. It loves the chaos, the spirals, the late-night benders framed as genius fuel or tragic poetry. What…
I somehow missed “Being Charlie” when it came out in 2016. That was a year of transition for me, the…
“Once you can laugh at yourself, that’s when true healing can begin.” Brent Ogburn doesn’t present it as a mantra…
I just finished the 5-hour Billy Joel documentary, “And So it Goes.” I’m left with the sadness of what a…
“Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” is a moving portrait of recovery that avoids Hollywood clichés. Director Gus…
It’s ok to indulge in a good TV series binge from time to time, as long as you do so…